Historical dance

Historical dance

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Historical dance

Canario

Dance; Historical dance

A fast dance from the Renaissance and Baroque eras. It was in 3/8 or 6/8 meter. The dance was named for the Canary Islands, the dance's place of origin.

Bransle

Dance; Historical dance

A 16th-century French dance style which moves mainly from side to side, and is performed by couples in either a line or a circle.

Branle

Dance; Historical dance

A 16th-century French dance style which moves mainly from side to side, and is performed by couples in either a line or a circle.

Low dance

Dance; Historical dance

The most popular court dance in the 15th and early 16th centuries, especially at the Burgundian court, often in a combination of 6/4 and 3/2 time allowing for use of hemiola.

Hemiola

Dance; Historical dance

A metrical pattern in which two bars in simple triple time (3/2 or 3/4 for example) are articulated as if they were three bars in simple duple time (2/2 or 2/4).

Basse danse

Dance; Historical dance

The most popular court dance in the 15th and early 16th centuries, especially at the Burgundian court, often in a combination of 6/4 and 3/2 time allowing for use of hemiola.

Almain

Dance; Historical dance

One of the most popular instrumental dance forms in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite. Originally, the allemande formed the first movement of the suite, before the courante, but, ...